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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Google the Ideal Protein Diet and try that.  800 cals per day and no more than 40 g carbs a day.  You also need to take supplements.  Works better than anything I have ever tried in many years. And you will NOT be hungry (although you may get tired of certain veggies such as cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, asparagus, etc.).  Not cheap but highly effective.  No alcohol.  Also limited exercise (walking okay) because the calorie intake is so low.  When you reach your target weight you shift to a higher level of calories and carbs and can have alcohol again. [/quote]

+1. I'm in my 40's and have tried every diet out there, plus exercising 1-2 hours a day. The only thing that worked quickly and well is Ideal Protein. It's been a lifesaver. I've lost 50 pounds in 4 months. I've still got a ways to go, but I easily drop 2-3 pounds a week (more the first month). [b]It's nice not to beat myself up exercising and still losing wait. I'll never try another diet again - although hopefully I won't have to!![/b][/quote]

By stripping your body of muscle mass with an unsustainable diet, I can guarantee you that you will be dieting again.

Purposely eating 800 calories a day is disordered eating.  You don't have to go to the extreme with exercise - exercise is not a punishment for being overweight.  I could never do a diet like that because my workouts would suffer and no weight loss is worth that.[/quote]

Agree.  It is truly disturbing to me that people actually recommend these "diets."  Barely eat and don't exercise, you'll be too weak!  Great advice.  :roll:[/quote]

You reduce calories down low when you are already fairly sedentary.  Once some of the weight comes off and exercise feels better - then you up the calories a bit as you exercise more.

I know that the slow and steady approach is touted as the best way to lose weight.  But it can also be a painfully slow and frustrating approach.  I would never suggest an 800 calorie diet long term. But if you are talking about getting your weight loss jump started it is not a bad approach.  In fact, it's pretty much what gastric bypass does to you.  At least when you restrict calories willingly you haven't forever surgically altered your body in a permanent way.

But it's pretty much guaranteed to fail. You need the muscle to burn the fat. The scale results look great because you are letting your muscles waste away.  Slow and steady usually means you keep the muscle but drop the fat (or you don't lose too much muscle). I just wish people would change their perspectives a bit. Why not go for a walk for a half hour a day and start to make changes that you can live with? Yo yo dieting is really unhealthy, and companies like ideal protein and  nutrisystem know that they will have lots of repeat business.

Switch the focus to adding muscle and the weight will come off and you won't hate your body anymore. Please stop punishing yourself. Eating 800 calories a day is terrible for you, especially ehen that 800 calories is mostly processed stuff. Spend a few months making a few positive lifestyle changes and you will actually get to keep the rewards. Being overweight is not some state of emergency that has to be fixed RIGHT NOW.  If you are sedentary, that is what needs to be fixed ASAP. Not your weight. [/quote]

Well, let's agree to disagree.  I'm guessing the ones who say it's unhealthy have never been over 200+ pounds before - that's unhealthy.  I've exercised heavily my entire life, and it never did much for me.  I do this program under a doctor's care and get weighed every week with those high tech machines that weigh muscle too.  Of the 50 pounds I've lost, only 5 pounds have been muscle.  When I'm down to the weight I should be at, then I'll start exercising more and build up the little bit of muscle I've lost.  By not going overboard on the exercising, it does not eat your muscle b/c of the high protein count.  You can walk, do some weight lifting, but nothing that gets you out of breath.  If you go to that level, it does start eating your muscle.  I'll take this diet over gastric bypass any day.[/quote]

You're wrong.  I was 240 pounds with 40% body fat.  Over two years got myself down to 25% body fat.  It wasn't fast but now I have a good lifestyle and I can eat a lot.  I think I ate 600 calories for breakfast yesterday.

Exercise is never bad for you, and never will be, even if the reason for holding back on the exercise is to lose weight.  I am going to guess that the doctor is associated with ideal protein and is not using a body pod or dexa scanner.  I hope that you are the exception and that you are able to keep it off.[/quote]

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